Comments on: FlyClear

By: violet

violet — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:33:58 +0000

to have them go your airport they have to be requested and then after they do a bid they have to wait to see if they are accepted by the airport of airlines which ever own the terminals…so they just can’t set up shop anywhere…

By: violet

violet — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:32:12 +0000

its not a retinal scanning…its an iris image…big difference…retinal is deep in the eye where iris is within the top layer…they take an up close picture of your eyes…they don’t scan your retinals…

By: Tom D.

Tom D. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:34:35 +0000

As a not-too-frequent flyer based in the DC area, it beats the hell out of me how Flyclear can set up shop in places such as Albany (?) and Cincinnati (?) but bypass a large, busy airport such as BWI. I know that Rome wasn’t built in a day but, come on, use a little perspective when choosing the sites. They’ve also left out Phoenix, and Tucson, which are my two usual destinations. I’d also like to know more about exactly how they save you time, more so since one poster stated that he still had to remove his shoes. That being the case, where is the REAL saving of your time? Sounds to me as if it might be a gimmick that MIGHT save you time and just as often might not.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:36:07 +0000

I use it all the time at SFO when flying on United. Their security checkpoints are always backed up and Clear can cut 15 minutes out of the process for me. Interestingly, I’ve been flying Frontier more and their gates are almost always wide open so even though they have a Clear checkpoint it’s faster to just go through the regular security.

Denver is getting Clear, I’m looking forward to that because I’ll be able to use Clear roundtrip. I used it in Indianapolis as well, the line was super long and Clear was a big advantage.

By: Maura

Maura — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:15:35 +0000

How is the flyclear working out?
Have you used it more than once or twice and outside SFO?

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Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:27:32 +0000

[...] so I signed up for the Fly Clear program. Takes quite a while and seems very thorough, but as a few folks have noted, it’s basically security theatre. You give fingerprints and retinal scans, [...]

By: Celeste

Celeste — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:52:02 +0000

I signed up as well and realize that, for now, I’ll be at the front of the line. My two questions are, since I still have to go through all the security checks (i.e., shoes, laptops, bag screening, etc., as I understand it), why do they need a retina scan and thumbprint? Basically, I’ve paid $100 to bypass 150 people but I’ve still got to take off my shoes. Also, at $100 a year, won’t the FlyClear line be as long as the regular security line in a year, once more airports become available? They haven’t reduced the actual screening time. In fact, it’s been increased by going through the retina and print scan, haven’t they? We’ll see if it’s a benefit next year before I decide to renew.

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:02:06 +0000

I didn’t find the data collection to be too onerous, ironically a lot of the data you are providing is in fact issued by the government itself (SS#, Passport, DL).

The thing that did cause me pause was fingerprinting and iris scanning, but I’ve been fingerprinted a number of times for security clearance, passport, etc.